Environmental, Health & Safety Manager

About the Role

The EHS Manager serves as the site-level subject matter expert for environmental, health, safety, workers’ compensation, and security programs across assigned MBI locations. This role drives daily compliance, employee engagement, training, inspections, incident response, emergency preparedness, security coordination, environmental recordkeeping, and safe, compliant, efficient operations.

Responsibilities

• Manage and enforce daily site EHS compliance with applicable laws, regulations, permit conditions, company policies, and MBI EHS standards.
• Maintain site environmental records, permit condition tracking, inspections, required site EHS reports, and timely data submission for regulatory and business needs.
• Implement site requirements for air permits, stormwater, wastewater, hazardous waste, Large Quantity Generator requirements, chemical management, and other applicable environmental programs.
• Manage hazardous waste activities, including accumulation area inspections, labeling, storage, satellite accumulation areas, training, manifests, records, and corrective actions.
• Identify, document, and escalate permit deviations, spills, releases, waste issues, agency contacts, or environmental compliance concerns.
• Serve as the site contact during regulatory inspections or unannounced agency visits; notify leadership and support document collection, walkthroughs, corrective actions, and signature routing.
• Participate in reviews before changes to processes, materials, chemicals, equipment, waste streams, emissions sources, or operations that may affect EHS compliance.
• Ensure contractors follow applicable site EHS, environmental, chemical, waste, industrial hygiene, PPE, and permit-related requirements.
• Develop, implement, and maintain required site EHS programs, including Hazard Communication, Hearing Conservation, Powered Industrial Trucks, Machine Guarding, Emergency Action, Bloodborne Pathogens, Crane Safety, Respiratory Protection, PPE, ergonomics, hazardous waste, and other site-specific programs.
• Coordinate required EHS training, new hire orientation, refresher training, and post-incident retraining.
• Conduct routine inspections, self-audits, hazard assessments, compliance reviews, and corrective action follow-up.
• Serve as the EHS subject matter expert for operations during incident investigations, root cause analysis, corrective action development, action tracking, employee education, and trend analysis to prevent recurrence.
• Administer workers’ compensation with Human Resources, claims administrators, and site leadership, including case management, modified duty, and confidentiality.
• Lead safety committees, employee engagement, risk reduction, waste reduction, security coordination, emergency preparedness, spill response, drills, site EHS metrics, leadership reporting, and continuous improvement activities.
• Manage site security coordination, including oversight of contracted security programs.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Experience managing site-level EHS compliance programs, inspections, training, corrective actions, reporting, and recordkeeping in a manufacturing environment.
• Working knowledge of OSHA, EPA, DOT, NFPA, ANSI, environmental permits, hazardous waste, stormwater, wastewater, workers’ compensation, contractor controls, and site regulatory records.
• Ability to maintain accurate site environmental records and escalate permit deviations, spills, releases, agency contacts, or compliance concerns.
• Strong communication, leadership, training, analytical, organizational, problem-solving, influencing, and operations-partnering skills.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office and capable of using EHS systems, reporting tools, and data tracking platforms.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, work independently, collaborate across all levels of the organization, influence and motivate employees, enforce EHS requirements, recommend corrective actions, respond to site emergencies as needed, and maintain confidentiality.

Qualifications

Education and/or Experience: Bachelor’s degree from a four-year college or university; or five to seven years of related EHS experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Manufacturing experience required; marine manufacturing experience preferred.

Language Skills: Ability to read and interpret technical procedures and governmental regulations; write reports, correspondence, procedures, and training materials; and effectively communicate with employees, managers, vendors, regulatory agencies, and site leadership.

Mathematical Skills: Ability to apply percentages, ratios, proportions, area, volume, rates, and other practical calculations to EHS metrics, inspections, incident data, environmental records, and regulatory information.

Reasoning Ability: Ability to define problems, collect data, identify root causes, interpret technical and regulatory requirements, evaluate alternatives, and make sound decisions consistent with MBI standards and practices.

Preferred Certifications: 30-hour OSHA certification; HAZWOPER certified; certified First Responder or First Aid/CPR; DOT Shipper; Hazardous Waste (RCRA) certification.

Physical Demands

• Sits: 4 hours
• Stands: 2 hours
• Walks: 2 hours
• Drives: 1 hour
• Lifting/Carrying:
  • Maximum: 25 lbs
  • Frequently: 5 lbs
  • Occasionally: 15 lbs
• Hands (Repetitive Activities):
  • Simple Grasping: Right (Occasional), Left (Occasional)
  • Pushing/Pulling: Right (Occasional), Left (Occasional)
  • Fine Manipulation: Right (Occasional), Left (Occasional)
• Body Movements:
  • Bending At Waist: Occasional
  • Squatting: Occasional
  • Climbing Ladders/Stairs: Occasional
  • Kneeling On Ground: Occasional
  • Reaching Above Shoulder: Occasional

Work Environment

Typical 10+ hour work days, some travel required. Safety glasses and closed-toe shoes required when on the production floor. The role involves exposure to heat/cold, dust/dampness, height, chemicals, and noise.

Competencies

• Teamwork: Balances team and individual responsibilities; exhibits objectivity and openness to others' views; gives and welcomes feedback; contributes to building a positive team spirit; supports everyone's efforts to succeed.
• Motivation: Measures self against standard of excellence.
• Quality: Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness; applies feedback to improve performance; monitors own work to ensure quality.
• Attendance/Punctuality: Is consistently at work and on time.
• Dependability: Takes responsibility for own actions.